Celebrate Dolphins; Don’t Slaughter Them!

A big THANK YOU to all those who stood up on behalf of dolphins!

Individuals, activists and organizations from 15 countries and over 30 locations stood up for dolphins on Japan Dolphins Day. Between August 30 – September 1, people from across the world let Japan know that dolphins are to be celebrated – not slaughtered, or taken captive.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA #JDD19

Karlstad, Sweden #JDD19

Brussels, Belgium #JDD19

Madrid Spain, #JDD19

Duesseldorf, Germany #JDD19

Chicago, USA #JDD19

Taiji, Japan #JDD19

Says Rachel Carbary, Japan Dolphins Day coordinator and founder of the Empty the Tanks Worldwide event, “Japan Dolphins Day is a global day of peaceful action. Our hope is to send a message to the Japanese government that it’s time to end the barbaric dolphin hunts and captures. We also aim to educate the public on how their support of the captivity industry directly fuels the continuation of these hunts. Japan Dolphins Day allows people from around the world to stand together as one voice in opposition to the dolphin slaughters and captures that take place in Taiji from September to March of each year.”

Moscow, Russia #JDD19

Santa Monica/Los Angeles, USA #JDD19

Over 500 signatures were collected in opposition to Taiji’s drive hunts to be delivered to the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, California, USA #JDD19

Timmins, Ontario Canada #JDD19

The Hague, Netherlands #JDD19

San Francisco, California, USA #JDD19

Seattle, USA #JDD19

Taiji’s annual dolphin hunting season commenced on September 1, and is already off to a brutal start with the first slaughter of a pod of Risso’s dolphins. Dolphin Project is currently on-the-ground at the Cove and will be present during the entire six-month hunting season to document the brutality taking place here. Please follow our social media to watch our broadcasts and take action on behalf of dolphins.

Learn more about Dolphin Project’s campaign in Taiji, Japan.

Make a donation directly to our campaign in Taiji.

Featured image: Italy, #JDD19